Ribbon-clip for belt-buckles.



E. R. NORWOOD.

RIBBON CLIP FOR BELT BUGKLBS.

APPLICATION FILED 111N322, 1909.

1,020,840, Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Mine 5525: In ven Zor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ELISE R. NORWOOD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

RIBBON-CLIP FOR BELT-BUCKLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISE R. Nonwoon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ribbon-Clips for Belt-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clip or device for fastening a ribbon belt to a buckle or clasp, as a substitute for and an improvement on the well known method of attaching the ribbon by turning the end over the bar of the buckle and stltching the ribbon.

The object of the invention is to provide a clip or fastening means as an attachment to a belt buckle or clasp such as is worn with ribbon belts, and having among other advantages the quality of gripping and holding the ribbon without sewing or requiring other fastening means, and of being attachable to any belt buckle or clasp that is provided with a bar for attaching the ribbon of which the belt is formed.

The ribbon clip of my invention as I have termed it, consists of the parts and members as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a view of the two parts of a ladys ribbon buckle from behind, showing the ends of the ribbon fastened to the two plates of the buckle by ribbon clips embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional-view on an enlarged scale taken through the buckle plate and the ribbon clip of my invention with the attached ribbon also shown in section. Fig. 3 is a top View of the ribbon clip detached from the ribbon and the buckle. Fig. 4 is a perspective-view of the attachment on an enlarged scale.

A novel feature in the ribbon clip of my invention consists in forming the same preferably from a rectangular strip of stiff metal, by bending the same upon itself on two parallel lines of fold so as to give it the shape somewhat of a flattened tube a, with the edges b(Z turned in on the same side.

On one edge I; are formed or provided sharp teeth or impaling points 6 spaced apart, and on the other edge several short tongues or catches f-g varying in number according to the length of the clips. The impaling teeth or points e and the tongues f are formed on the opposing edges of the Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22, 1909.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 503,766.

plate in close relation but with suflicient space provided between the edges, to readily admit the ribbon, and also allow the fixed cross-bar m on the buckle A to enter and be embraced by the catches f. The parts last mentioned are arranged to hook over and grip the cross-bar m of the buckle, and in practice one of the tongues preferably the middle one when the clip is provided with three tongues as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, is bent out of line with the other suflicient to press against the back of the buckle plate, and thereby act in some measure like a spring and hold the clip in place on the cross-bar when the belt is not fastened around the waist. As thus constructed this clip is a convenient attachment to any belt buckle of the kind having a cross bar on the back to which the ribbon is usually secured; it being only necessary to have the clip of proper size to fit that part of the buckle.

In putting it on the market as an attachment to belt buckles or clasps that are to be worn with ribbons, the clip is manufactured in different lengths to suit various sizes of buckles or widths of ribbons; the same buckle, especially if it be an expensive one, or particularly ornan'lented, is often worn with different ribbon belts which are changed as they become soiled, or to harmonize with a particular costume, and by providing the buckle with this clip or attachment of my invention, all the trouble and inconvenience of securing the ribbon or pinning it on the cross bar is avoided.

I claim The combination with a belt buckle having a cross bar for fastening a ribbon belt thereto, of a clip in the form of a flattened tube, the free edges of which stand opposite each other, one free edge being formed with teeth adapted to engage with a belt and the other free edge being formed into tongues, a plurality of such tongues being arranged to engage with the cross bar of the belt, and other of the tongues being bent out of line with those that engage with the cross bar and arranged to press against the back of the buckle to serve as a spring to hold the clip in place upon the bar.

ELISE R. NORWOOD.

\Vitnesses:

E. E. OSBORN, M. REGNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

